International Youth Orchestra at Tokyo College of Music
June 7, 2021
Tokyo College of Music has announced the creation of the International Youth Orchestra starting from September, 2021, the orchestra, the IYO at TCM, is open to all students from international schools, private schools and public schools who currently play orchestral instruments and are between the ages of 12 and 18 from any nationality.
The orchestra will rehearse at the Nakameguro-Daikanyama campus of Tokyo College of Music on Sunday afternoons from the beginning of September until the beginning of December in 2021. The orchestra is semester based and will continue from January to the beginning of May, 2022. The rehearsals will be run in English and Japanese to allow all participants the opportunity to understand the finer points in music. Applications will be open from June 8 to July 23, 2021 for the autumn semester.
The IYO will be run by the Conducting department and instrument faculty from Tokyo College of Music, ensuring a dynamic training ground for young musicians. One of the underpinnings of this project is to cultivate and foster a shared understanding between young people from various countries, through social and musical interaction.
“The most precious resource that every society has, is its youth,” said Junichi Hirokami, Professor of the Conducting department and Chief Conductor of the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. “To be able to advise, sculpt, educate and mold today’s youth is an honor that we take seriously. It is my hope that we all can become part of something truly exceptional with an experience that will last a lifetime. “
Tokyo College of Music is a leading educator of music in Japan with one of the top orchestral programs in the country. Its award-winning faculty spans the world of music and the student body is made up of highly talented young musicians from Japan and many other countries, along with partnerships with other outstanding music programs in a dozen other countries. The college has two locations, the Ikebukuro campus and the new Nakameguro-Daikanyama campus, both featuring concert halls, recording studios and a variety of other facilities.